Search Results: Performing Arts, Film & TV from Knickerbocker Books

New York: Newmarket Press, 1993. 1993 Stated First Edition; First printing with full number line. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD- dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Faint marginal toning, pages otherwise fine. Black cloth hardcover with gilt-titled spine and color pictorial pastedown on front board is clean and fresh, corners lightly rubbed. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Clear acetate dust jacket with printed flaps and printed titled on front is clean though moderately shelf rubbed with some light scuffing and edge wear; 2 chips to top edge at rear flap and spine folds, short tear to front flap fold. A sumptuous production, a fitting tribute to Scorsese's magnificent production. Generously illustrated in color and black and white including movie stills, archival photos and reproductions. 9-3/4 x 12-1/4"; xvii + 190 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-. 4to.

New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1971. 1971 edition, printing unstated, presumed First. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in black cloth hardcover, gilt lettered on spine. Unclipped jacket is slightly shelf rubbed and there are a few tiny closed edge tears. Jacket is wrapped slightly off center - front cover type a bit too far left. Else fine. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. A collection of essays representing the first attempt to assemble a comprehensive view of the American Theatre, from its roots in colonial British roots to the brilliance of American playwrights of the twentieth century. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2": x + 431 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Thick 8vo.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1986. 1986 Stated First Edition. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. Top page edge has a short remainder in red marker, no other markings. Pages are crisp and fine. Hardcover of light violet-blue boards with black cloth spine is gilt-titled on spine and front. Slight marginal color fade and tiny bump to top front corner, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges firm and straight. Unclipped jacket lightly rubbed with three tiny closed edge tears; no chips or creases. Jacket is in a new clear archival protector. David Blum interviews members of the famed quartets for insights into the chemistry, technical and interpretative considerations to a successful combination of four voices. Discography, Glossary and Index included. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2". xiii + 252 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: TV Guide Magazine for the Bell System, 1964. 1964. NEAR FINE illustrated softcover booklet - celebrating the historic 1962 live telecast of Philharmonic Hall's opening night in New York's new Lincoln Center. The concert was conducted by Leonard Bernstein and was viewed by over 23,000,000 people. (Philharmonic Hall became Avery Fisher Hall and is now David Geffen Hall.) The booklet was produced on heavy textured colored papers: blue cover, green and ivory text. It contains an article (condensed from the original) by Jack Gottlieb, assistant to Leonard Bernstein and several witty cartoon illustrations. Gottlieb provides an exciting firsthand account of the technical preparations that went into producing such an enormous event. There are several witty black and white cartoon illustrations (unattributed) as well as a line illustration from a photo of Bernstein seated at the piano. The final leaf contains the broadcast schedule for the 1964-65 Young People's Concerts to be broadcast… Read More

San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 2005 2005. Edition Limited to 3,200 copies. NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Text pages, printed in b/w with headings in red, are fresh and fine. Hardcover bound in red paper-covered boards with black spine lettering, black line art on front. Cover is near fine with a few tiny spottings to back cover, bottom spine end lightly creased. Binding is tight, hinges intact, boards and spine straight. B/W artwork on front cover, endpapers and 7 full page illustrations are by L. Krames. No jacket (presumably as issued). The 2005 Grove Play celebrates a remarkable Bohemian, Theodore Roosevelt, and presents a largely unknown historical event concerning Kaiser Wilhelm II. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4"; x + 90 pages. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: H. Bittner and Company, 1945. 1945 Edition Limited to 1000 copies. NEAR FINE in FAIR dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy in blue cloth hardcover gilt lettered on spine, gilt crest on front. Pages and endpapers have slight toning at edges, small crease to bottom corners, but are otherwise fine and unblemished. Cover clean, edge slightly rubbed and color faded. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Dust jacket is clean but moderately toned and heavily edge worn with several tears, holes and chips (2 quite large from rear panel). The front of the jacket has small holes and a light stain but the artwork remains intact and attractive. Jacket is in a clear protector. With 53 beautifully reproduced engravings of eighteenth century theatrical designs by eight members of the Bibiena family. 9-1/8 x 12"; 37 pages followed by illustrations.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fair.

Rockland, Maine: Farnsworth Art Museum, 2002. Published for the 2002-2003 Exhibition shown in Washington DC, New York, Rockland and Chadds Ford. INSCRIBED BY JAMES WYETH. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. James (Jamie) Wyeth inscribed the half-title page in black felt tip "For Victoria - With all my love - Jamie." A clean, otherwise unmarked copy. A fresh, clean copy - unmarked other than the inscription. Pages crisp and clean, firmly bound in a black cloth hardcover with gilt-stamped titling on spine, title blind stamped on front cover. Jacket is clean and complete, lightly edge worn - primarily at spine ends, flap and spine folds. There is some denting across the front of jacket - evidently the impression left from someone using the book as desk when writing. The impressions are visible when the book is angled to the light. Otherwise jacket is very good. It is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges firm and intact. The 35 color portraits reproduced in the book span 24 years… Read More

London and New York: Academy Editions Ltd / St. Martin's Press, 1975 1975. First U.S. Edition in paperback. VERY GOOD. Large format soft cover (9-1/4 x 12") is clean, totally unmarked, firmly bound. Filled with 150 black and white illustrations including many vintage film photos, as well as 12 pages, 20 illustrations, in color. Pages are clean and very good. Paper cover, with color photo of Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady', is lightly rubbed and edgeworn but clean, price intact on front cover. 116 pages. First American Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Editions L'Image, 1947. Published 25 Novembre 1947 in an edition of 1000 numbered copies and 2,500 unnumbered copies - this is one of the unnumbered. VERY GOOD+ copy of this now uncommon book. Bound in stiff paper boards with a printed pictorial paper overwrap titled in red on spine and front. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Slight marginal toning to pages; light toning and edge wear to endpapers and to pictorial overwrap. Tearing to front endpaper along hinge but hinge remains firm, cloth lining intact. A beautifully designed, profusely illustrated history of French comedic theater, with photographic portraits and information about prominent actors, directors and productions from the mid-nineteenth century to 1930. A few of the featured actors: Joseph Isidore Samson, Adelaide Ristori, Frederick LeMaitre, Paul Mounet, Marie-Therese Pierat, Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse and Lucien Guitry. A section of brief biographies appears at the end of the book along with a Table de Matieres.… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. AUTHOR SIGNED second printing, 1999. NEAR FINE in FINE price intact dust jacket. Signed in blue ink by Hoelterhoff, on half-title page. Owner bookplate on front free endpaper, otherwise a fine, fresh copy - crisp, clean, tightly bound in hardcover of mocha colored boards and dark brown gilt lettered spine. Unclipped color pictorial jacket is fresh and clean, no tears or chips. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2"; vi + 259 text pages. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: John F. Rider Publisher, Inc., 1954. 1954 Stated First Edition. VERY GOOD+ paperback edition. SCARCE. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Paper cover, printed in black and red, is lightly rubbed, slightly edgeworn but clean and remarkably well-preserved. The rear cover is moderately toned with small crease and chip near top of spine. Binding tight, no creasing to spine, no splits or cracks. A very early "A to Z" (achromatic color) (zero subcarrier chromaticity) guide to the color television, about a decade before they came into popular residential use, and when many households still did not own a black & white set.. Generously illustrated with diagrams and charts. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2". ii + 70 pages. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. 1995 First Editon, printing unstated. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Pages fine. Blue cloth hardcover fresh and unworn. Dust jacket clean with slight wear to top edge, short closed tear at top of spine. Binding firm, hinges tight, boards and spine straight. 13 essays provide an early perspective into the applications of multimedia technology to cultural institutions such as museums, universities and corporate environments. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4". xvi + 262 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Troy, Michigan: Momentum Books Llc, 1993. First Printing with full number line. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked copy, tightly bound in turquoise cloth hardcover, gilt titled on spine. Pages fresh - two leaves with corner creases, otherwise fine. Cover clean, lightly rubbed at spine ends, bottom corners bumped. Jacket is clean and complete, lightly edge rubbed with small creases to extremities; small puncture tear to front panel at hinge. Binding and hinges tight, intact. Among the 28 interviewed areTony Bennett, Morgan Freeman, Philip Glass, Al Hirschfeld, Judith Jameson, Elmore Leonard, Frank Pierson, Gloria Steinem. Several black and white photos as well as a few drawings by Hirschfeld. 6-/14 x 9-1/4"; xii + 413 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Random House, 1958. 1958 Random House Stated First Edition. VERY GOOD+ in GOOD price intact dust jacket. A clean, tightly bound hardcover. The script of the Tony Award winning play, with Introduction by Tennessee Williams. Owner name and date (1959) penned to front free endpaper, no other markings, Dark gray top stain is slightly spotted, otherwise pages fine. Bound in gray hardcover with photo pastedown (of Pat Hingle and Theresa Wright) on front. Gilt and black stamping front and spine. Slight mottling to cover but overall clean with only light wear. Jacket has 2.95 price on front flap and is clean and complete, moderately rubbed and scuffed; also light edgewear with small creases and nicks. The reverse side of jacket is shows toning, Jacket is in a clear protector. Binding and hinges firm; spine and boards straight. Photographic title pages and 2 photo pages.5-1/4 x 8-1/4". [xiii] + 108 text pages. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. First Edition with 2001 printed on title page. FINE in NEAR FNE price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked copy, tightly bound in hardcover of light tan boards, tan cloth gilt lettered spine. Unclipped dust jacket clean and colorful, lightly edge rubbed with 1 short closed tear and crease to top edge of rear panel. Jacket is in a new clear archival protector. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2". xi + 589 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1909. 1909 Edition, printing unstated. VERY GOOD. A clean, unmarked copy. Pages near fine. Hardcover of tan cloth is titled with dark-brown stamping on spine and front, with an oval printed pastedown on front featuring a portrait of a lovely woman. The cover is clean, lightly edgeworn, pastedown lightly rubbed. Binding and hinges intact and straight. The book is illustrated with black and white drawings as well as several full-page photographic plates of actors and actresses (unnamed), posed and in costume. Elocution basics with poems and prose pieces suitable for recitation practice. "A manual of vocal and physical culture, elocution and Delsarte based upon scientific and rational principles." 5 x 7-1/2". 269 pages plus plates.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued.

London: The Society for Theatre Research, 1975 1975 First Edition, 1975 printed on title page. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD price-intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked copy - tightly bound in brown hardcover. Cover very slightly edge rubbed, book otherwise fine. Unclipped dust jacket has some light soiling and a short crease to front panel, no tears or chips and in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges tight. The career of this influential theatre by the renowned theater manager, and former member of the Everyman Theatre. 13 pages of B&W photos. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4"; viii + 136 pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1995. 1995 First American Edition. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A crisp, clean, unmarked and sturdily bound copy of this massive, copiously illustrated biography, filmography (including texts for four films Fellini never made), correspondence and much more. Light marginal toning to pages and dust jacket; jacket is slightly edge rubbed - all else fine. Especially note that binding for this heavy book (over 5 lbs), printed on full matte coated paper, is solid; hinges intact, boards and spine straight. 8-1/2 x 11-1/2"; 456 pages. Will require additional postage for Priority or Overseas mailing. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thick 4to.

Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1982. Originally published in 1977 this 1982 edition was published to accompany the 24 November 1982-30 January 1983 exhibition "Fellini, ses photographes, ses dessins" at the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris. NEAR FINE softcover. Includes additional prefatory essays by Bernadette Contensou and Danielle Molinari, and Henry Chapier. A clean, totally unmarked copy. Pages fine. Shallow crease to rear endpaper. Bound in color illustrated stiff paper cove. Cover very lightly soiled and toned along edges but is overall very good; no tears or chips. Binding firm, no creasing to cover spine, no cracks. Exuberant sketches by the famed film director Federico Fellini, reveal his sly and ribald wit. Color and black & white reproductions, most as full page. Text in French. 10-1/2 x 13"; 137 pages plus 6 prefatory pages. Third Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Signature Theatre Company , 2003. Script, SIGNED BY LANFORD WILSON on title page, in black marker. NEAR FINE. Script is from the Signature Theatre Company production of Fifth of July, which opened in New York City on February 3, 2003 at the Peter Norton Space. It was the third production of the 2002-2003 Lanford Wilson season, during which Wilson was the Playwright-In-Residence. The production starred Robert Sean Leonard, Parker Posey, Michael Cerveris, Jessalyn Gilsig, Michael Gladis, David Harbour, Sarah Lord, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Pamela Payton-Wright. The play body is followed by an additional 64 pages which include the following listings: Production Staff for the Fifth of July, Signature Theatre Company Staff, Signature Theatre Company Playwrights-in-Residence, Board of Trustees, Table of Contents including Tally Family Tree, Fifth of July Timeline, Nineteen Sixties Timeline, Nineteen Seventies Timeline, Vietnam War Timeline, Bibliography of Vietnam Experiential books. A Near Fine… Read More